Regarding Zheng Zhilong's sigh that the fortress in Manila is too strong, Zheng Sen also agrees very much. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn fact, although the Zheng family can be developed, many places have borrowed the power of the Spaniards, and even hugged the thighs of the Spaniards, but because of this, the Zheng family, from Zheng Zhilong to his brothers, to Zheng Sen's generation, everyone knows how much money Spain has made by occupying Luzon, and everyone is drooling over this money. As the power of the Zheng family grew stronger, everyone couldn't help but fight the Spaniards' ideas. Zheng Sen also analyzed that if Luzon is taken, not to mention the various rich mineral resources in Luzon (compared to Taiwan, which lacks coal and iron, Luzon is a real treasure island), and after controlling Luzon, the scope of protection fees can be larger. Moreover, the trade between China and Europe is completely a seller's market, and Chinese goods are not worried about selling at all, even if they rob the Spaniards, it is estimated that in order to make money, the Spaniards can only lick their faces and come to the door to ask for trade. It's just that after the Zheng family built a string of fortresses by themselves, and when the model army relied on the improvised ice fortress in Jinghai to pit our Qing Dynasty, the generals of the Zheng family had a new understanding of the defense of the fortress, and also realized that the difficulty of taking down a fortress was really nightmare.

Zheng Sen also knew that in the original history, when Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan, he also besieged the Dutch in Taiwan's Geranza Castle. The castle was a relatively simple bastions, far from Manila's fortifications, the number and firepower of the garrison, and the stockpiling of supplies. However, the Zheng family's army paid a heavy price in front of the city of Geranza, but made no progress, and in the end they could only rely on a long-term siege to solve the problem.

But Manila was different, the Spaniards had a much larger number of troops there and stockpiled supplies. After a few months of siege, there was a severe shortage of food and fuel, but according to the Zheng family's arrangement in Manila, the Spaniards probably kept supplies in Manila to last for several years. Thousands of miles across the sea, and then holding each other for several years under the fortified city, Zheng Sen felt that there were too many variables for this kind of thing, and it was really difficult to make up his mind. And if you want to take down these bastions quickly, Zheng Sen really didn't think of any good way, after all, he can't compare to those guys who come through with large ships and a large number of industrial mother machine groups, and he has everything from 56 and a half to RPGs, from armored vehicles to large ones. Border. Not. Person. There is no technical generation difference between him and the Spaniards. The only reliable way Zheng Sen can think of is soil work and tunnel excavation. However, after inspecting these forts of the Spaniards, Zheng Sen found that this method was also impossible, because there was less soil and more rocks near these forts, which was not suitable for geotechnical excavation at all. And even if it is suitable, attacking in such a way will still require a huge sacrifice. In Zheng Sen's opinion, the little "model army" he is dragging up now is all treasures, and it would be a pity if they were used in such a war of attrition. Besides, in the next few years, the situation in China will change very drastically, and if the forces are trapped in Manila and the opportunity to intervene in the situation on the mainland is missed, then it will really be a loss of watermelon and a sesame seed.

"Daddy, for the time being, we will not be able to take Manila, even if we completely annihilate the Spanish fleet on our side, but it should still be possible to force the Spaniards to admit it and abide by our rules. However, this must first be able to take out the Spanish fleet. It's just that the second uncle is not here now, otherwise it will ......," Zheng Sen said.

"Your second uncle is not here, and your father is still here." Zheng Zhilong smiled, "You kid, don't you really think that you and I will be old?" This battle fleet that acts as a decoy is personally commanded by your father and me, and you yourself bring those Tessie boats, well, this operation, you bring Adu with you, so that he can also have a long experience. ”

"Daddy, Brother Adu is still young." Zheng Sen said.

Zheng Zhilong listened and said, "Of course I know that he is still young, and he is far less smart than you used to be. It's not a reading material at all.,But I like to play sticks without guns all day long.,I think.,As the saying goes.,Fight tiger brothers.,Father and son soldiers.。 Now I estimate that troubled times are coming again, and to gain a foothold in this troubled times, it is impossible to do without some reliable and useful brothers. If Cao Cao hadn't had Cao Hong and those Xiahou or something, he might not have been able to have that kind of feat. Your brother is not very good at studying, but I think he will be good if he learns how to lead soldiers. Take him with you, and let him see him for a long time. If he is naughty and disobedient, you are the eldest brother, and you can teach him a lesson honestly and unceremoniously. ”

Zheng Sen thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible to do this. Just ......"

"Don't worry, your Aunt Zhuang also agrees." Zheng Zhilong smiled, "Well, in addition, I also saw that girl named Li Xiangjun a few days ago......" Zheng Zhilong squinted his eyes at Zheng Sen and laughed.

"Daddy, the child is just ......," Zheng Sen wanted to explain.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about, you're sixteen years old now, and it's normal to like beautiful girls......" Zheng Zhilong smiled, as if he wanted to say something, but he finally said, "That girl is very beautiful and smart." I know how to be measured. Although the background is not good, it is absolutely impossible to be in your main room, but it is still possible to make a side room. Moreover, I can also see that this girl is still a virgin. A child of your age, staying alone outside, is easy to lose control of himself, but if you have these things when you are too young, it will delay your growth. Well, now that you are old enough to talk about marriage, there are many people who come to the door to ask for the match, do you have any ideas yourself? ”

"The child is all arranged by the father." Zheng Sen hurriedly stood up and bowed.

"Alas, it's a good thing to say that you have read books, but you know more than we do, and you can see things farther than we do. But there is also a bad thing, that is, there are too many etiquettes! Get up and sit down. This is the one who marries the daughter-in-law, not you and me. How can you not have any ideas? ”

Zheng Sen stood up with a smile, sat down on the chair, clasped his hands into fists and said, "Daddy, the child wants to take a concubine with talent; Marry a wife for virtue. The key to being a wife is to be virtuous, understand the general situation, face major events, not panic, not be partial, be able to keep the right path, and calm down, so as to maintain the stability of the inner house, and be a good candidate. ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded and said, "My son is reasonable. Now there are a few candidates for the father, and they are still being weighed, but now I can't take care of these things. You'd better leave your marriage until the Spaniards are settled. ”

Zheng Sen also nodded, and then said, "Daddy, it's better to bring two fast traffic ships." There are a lot of changes at sea, in case something goes wrong and the child's side does not cooperate in time, this fast transport ship accelerates quickly, and is agile, and the speed can also overwhelm any other ship, in case of disadvantage...... As the saying goes, stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood......"

"Hahahaha." Zheng Zhilong laughed, he stood up, walked in front of Zheng Sen, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "My son is really a filial son!" Although you are worried that I can't beat the Spaniards, I am very dissatisfied, but your filial piety makes me very happy. This boat, I left behind. Besides, you have to bring a few of these ships with you yourself - don't send them all out for reconnaissance, you must leave one in the fleet! ”

"The child knows." Zheng Sen hurriedly replied.

……

Nelson had not seen any ships on the route to Japan with his fleet for several days, and it seemed that the Zheng family had noticed his actions.

"Colonel, do you think those Chinese will not come out?" Captain Francis asked. The Pride had to leave the fleet and return to Manila on its own after being hit in the engagement two days earlier, and now Nelson has moved to the battleship Gluttony.

"Probably not, the Zheng family will not easily admit defeat on this route." Nelson said, "They didn't show up during this time, and most of them wanted to gather ships, with escort junk ships, and rely on numerical superiority to fight us." ”

"What if there are more ships?" Francis said, "With those junk ships, in such a vast sea, they can't catch up with us at all, as long as we control the angle of attack, we can beat them several ships with one boat." ”

"You're right." Nelson replied, though he frowned.

"Mr. Colonel, in fact, no matter what, because of the advantage in speed, we are all invincible, what do you have to worry about?"

"That said, but I'm still a little worried. Well, you know, as long as there are convoys of junks, we can't be completely lost. After a great battle, even if we win, we may have to retreat back and repair it, and then they will open the channel - and they have a fleet of Tessy on their side, and we can't help but keep some strength against them. Nelson said.

"Colonel, didn't the newspaper say that the ships were badly damaged? I guess it's still being repaired. There shouldn't be much of a threat in the short term. ”

"yes, the guy who sent this information back is a veteran, and his judgment should be good." Nelson nodded, "And it stands to reason that if the Zheng family's fleet wants to defeat our escort fleet and capture those eight silver ships, it is impossible not to pay a huge price." It stands to reason that they won't be able to regain their combat effectiveness until next year, but I'm just a little worried about that fleet. ”